Ohio · Nonprofit
SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE
SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,365 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($152,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $283k
- Net assets
- $49k
What Sherbro Foundation Sierra Leone does
Mission
Sherbro Foundation Sierra Leone (SFSL) is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is helping rural Sierra Leone move from poverty to self-reliance through education and economic empowerment. With a focus on education & rural community development, we channel grants directly in support of our grassroots community partner programs in Rotifunk, Moyamba District and advise on developing their capacity as an effective nonprofit organization.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Funded Sierra Leone partner tutorial programs preparing 1500 students to advance in their education: 9th grade after-school classes for Sr High entry; all-day 12th grade class for college prep; In-class tutors for grades 1, 2, 5 & 6; Grades 3 & 4 reading program. In-service training for grades 1 & 2 teachers.
$0 spentof which $27,485 as grantsFunded our Sierra Leone partner's college scholarship program with 34 awards for students pursuing careers in support of local development:14 university scholarships in STEM subjects (1 medical student); 20 teachers for secondary and primary teaching certificates.
$0 spentof which $22,035 as grantsFunded implementing Sierra Leone partner's "Let Them Earn" program, developing small farmers from subsistence to small agribusiness owners with interest free loans and training on improved farming methods and financial literacy. Tree nursery public sales fund program administration.
$0 spentof which $23,850 as grantsSupport for Sierra Leone partner, including operations and repairs for their 60-acre Orchards for Education raising fruit trees for income stream for program administration, staff office upgrades, computers and technical training fees.
$0 spentof which $13,657 as grants
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $17k to $74k (+324%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Arlene Golembiewski
Executive Director/President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $26k → $40k.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 100% · 2019 59% · 2020 59% · 2021 100% · 2022 61% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $283k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,793 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,793 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE?
- SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,365 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($152,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $283,365 in grants to SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $152,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHERBRO FOUNDATION SIERRA LEONE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing